About Children's Path Programs
Children's Path Programs (CPP) emerged from the minds and hearts of a dynamic and experienced group of individuals. The mission and project goals of CPP reflect many years of diverse experience working with children, (pre-K-12) and young adults has collectively precipitated into the dynamic programs we find lacking in our current world.
We believe that the hope for our beautiful and yet ailing planet lies within the potential of each child. It is our responsibility and the Mission of the Children's Path to ensure that the next generations have experiences that deepen the breadth, widen the scope, and instill confidence in their individual dreams and visions.
Schools are currently facing an unfortunate transformation, as they re-write and homogenize curricula to align their teachings with the subject matter of assessments. We are witnessing more and more of our children forced to the margins of an increasingly narrow system of education. With our institutions stressed by so many demands, teachers are often unable to nurture the spirit and engage the innate curiosity in each child. Parents likewise are stressed by multiple demands and can lose sight of their child's perspective.
Children's Path Programs provides a net of support, functioning to catch individuals and whole groups from falling off the edges of these tight margins. The vision of Children's Path is to actualize a series of community-based programs, starting in California, and expanding nationally and internationally, that foster a process of self-actualization for each child, youth, and young adult towards the fulfillment of her or his greatest potential.
We at Children's Path Programs think outside the box. Creativity and systems thinking are our underpinnings. We believe that children have the potential to see and understand themselves and the world as connected - that they are natural systems thinkers. The goals of Children's Path are to support these young people in retaining their innate knowledge and inspiration for how the world should be and how they see themselves in it. Our intention is to fund projects that create bridges between children, young adults and innovative solutions thinkers in all fields, of science, media, and the arts.